11.11 Decorated bone artefacts

Characteristic geometric shapes not only occur on decorative items, but also take up the available surfaces on some weapons and tools, which might thereby acquire symbolic significance.

 

Material: bone

Dimensions (length): 38 cm and 42 cm

Exhibit type: copy of original (plaster)

Archaeological site: Pavlov I (Pavlov near Dolní Věstonice, Moravia)

Collection: Institute of Archaeology of the CAS, Brno v.v.i., Czech Republic

after Oliva 2015 after Oliva 2015